As the 25th year of the VIN community is winding down, your colleagues THANK YOU for doing your part to ensure that VIN is and always remains YOUR community -- For Veterinarians, By Veterinarians.

Thank YOU for being a part of the VIN community.

All the best for 2017!
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No Sunday Rounds This (and Next) Weekend
Enjoy the winter holidays with your offline family!
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• Friday, December 23
• Monday, December 26
• Friday, December 30

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Latest addition:

• Equine carpus

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NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• Veterinary-drugs seller Sean Gerson arrested
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• Free workshops on business savvy in rural veterinary practice
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• Cat declaw under fire in New Jersey
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• Visiting Dr. Nur
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• NY veterinarians can swap spay-neuter services for CE credits
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Evolving stories:
- School closures leave veterinary-tech students in lurch
- Antech litigation threat takes new twist
- U.S. veterinarians working abroad

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Cimetidine (Tagamet) revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Barefoot Versus Shod Horses revised

VetzInsight

• Can One Letter be the Difference Between Life and Death?

Treatment of equine metabolic syndrome: A clinical case series
A diet and exercise programme tailored to the needs of the individual animal and implemented by the owner results in weight loss accompanied by improvements in insulin sensitivity.

Cutaneous Lymphoma at Injection Sites: Pathological, Immunophenotypical, and Molecular Characterization in 17 Cats
Cutaneous lymphomas at injection sites (CLIS) shared some clinical and pathological features with feline injection site sarcomas and with lymphomas developing in the setting of subacute to chronic inflammation reported in human beings. Persistent inflammation induced by the injection and by reactivation of FeLV expression may have contributed to emergence of CLIS.

Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) - a review and proposed strategies toward a better understanding of pathogenesis, early diagnosis, and therapy
The disease is characterized by acute onset of blindness due to loss of photoreceptor function, extinguished electroretinogram with an initially normal appearing ocular fundus, and mydriatic pupils which are slowly responsive to bright white light, unresponsive to red, but responsive to blue light stimulation. In addition to blindness, the majority of affected dogs also show systemic abnormalities suggestive of hyperadrenocorticism, such as polyphagia with resulting obesity, polyuria, polydipsia, and a subclinical hepatopathy.

Upside-Down Catfish Survived Eight Hours After Accidental Removal From Aquarium: Survival Of Wild Catfishes In Oxygen Poor Water, And For Brief Periods On Land
During tank cleaning, a friend removed a plastic rock and left it out to dry. Eight hours later, fins were seen poking out. The fish was still moving.

Osteopetrosis In A Young Dog Whose Bones Were Found To Be Very Dense On Full Body Radiographs
This is an excellent example of osteopetrosis. This is a congenital defect and may be inherited. It is inherited in human patients. There is a failure of osteoclast activity. As the bone develops, it crowds out the bone marrow.

Avian Blood Chemistries: Importance Of Submitting Plasma Rather Than Serum Or Whole Blood
I have always recommended collecting into green top separator at draw, spinning immediately, and then decanting the plasma off into a new tube for lab submission.

Deciding On Clinic Sign And Logo Colors; Tips On Improving Sign Legibility
Visibility of an outdoor sign has many variables that need to be taken into consideration.

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VIN Rounds
Sunday, December 25 - No Rounds
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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, December 27 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, December 28 - 2:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about life away from the office?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

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NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
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Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory Part I
January 1 - April 19, 2017
Presenter(s): Kathleen P. Freeman, DVM, BS, MS, PhD, DECVCP, MRCPath, MRCVS, Certificate in Laboratory Quality Management; Ernst Leidinger, DVM, DECVCP, Specialist for Clinical Pathologist (national); Stefanie Klenner, DVM, Dr.med.vet., DECVCP; A. Russell Moore, DVM, MS, DACVP; Emma Hooijberg, BVSc GPCert(SAP) DECVCP; Unity Jeffery, VetMB, PhD, DACVP (clinical pathology), MRCVS

The "Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory" course is designed to provide an introduction to and practical application of quality management in the veterinary clinical pathology laboratory. It is given in two parts. Part I is a prerequisite for Part II. In Part I, participants will be introduced to theories of management and concepts vital to quality planning. Examples of ISO-based and GLP standards are included. Laboratory design, Westgard Rules, QC Validation, and Sigma Metrics are covered.

Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care
March 6 - April 6, 2017
Presenter(s): Catherine Lenox, DVM, CVA, DACVN; Barbara Fougere, BVMS, MA; Kate Vickery, VMD, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), CVA

This course will cover several therapies used to help support the cancer patient including acupuncture, herbal medicine, and nutritional support. We will discuss how these complementary therapies may be used to support the overall health of the oncology patient as well as potentially reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.

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